{"id":140569,"date":"2022-11-27T04:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nick-saban-advocates-for-alabamas-inclusion-in-college-football-playoff\/"},"modified":"2022-11-27T04:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:32:00","slug":"nick-saban-advocates-for-alabamas-inclusion-in-college-football-playoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/nick-saban-advocates-for-alabamas-inclusion-in-college-football-playoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Saban advocates for Alabama’s inclusion in College Football Playoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Nick Saban was n’t sure who he had won or lost around the country after Alabama’s 49-27 rout of Auburn on Saturday, but he is sure that his team at least deserves consideration for one of the four sports in the College Football Playoff .<\/p>\n

The Crimson Tide, who’ve been to every CFP but one since its inception in 2014, would be the first two-loss team to make the playoff and would clearly need help to get there.<\/p>\n

“I don’t make those decisions, but I know what a resilient football team this has been,” Saban told ESPN. “We’ve lost two games to top-10 opponents, both on the last play of the game and both on the road. We could have easily won both games but didn’t. We’re a good football team and people will recognize that and we’ll get a chance.”<\/p>\n

Alabama has incurred a few scars along the way, whether it was quarterback Bryce Young’s shoulder injury, uncharacteristic penalties and mistakes or a defense that gave up a total of 84 points in the two losses. The Tide lost 52-49 at No. 10 Tennessee on a last-second field goal and 32-31 in overtime at No. 5 LSU when the Tigers succeeded in a 2-point conversion.<\/p>\n